A Boy's Thoughts of Life from Youth's Companion
A fragment from Edgar Bowe in Youth's Companion reflects a boyish longing for life to come. The speaker tires of childhood and pleads for the future with vivid imagery of nature and inner impulse guiding growth toward unknown horizons.
Alligators Grow Wary and Sometimes Turn Man Eaters
In the south alligator hunting has become a profitable but thinning pursuit. Hunters in pairs stalk from rivers and bays using fire-lit blinds or day floating to kill, skin, and depopulate local gator populations. The piece recounts encounters on the upper St John’s River in Florida during winter 87-88, methods of hunting, and the dangers of solitary work.
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